Anatomic location of PET-positive aortocaval nodes in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer implications for surgical staging

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1203-1207

  Frumovitz, Michael ^a   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a   MacApinlac, Homer A ^a   Klopp, Ann H ^a   Nick, Alpa M ^a   Ramondetta, Lois M ^a   Jhingran, Anuja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Lymph nodes; Surgical staging

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTOCAVAL LYMPH NODE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SCINTISCANNING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PELVIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873263085     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31825e523a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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